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joe walsh of illinois. it's his medical opinion that pregnancy can never harm the health of a woman. take a listen. >> there's no such exception of life of the mother. and as far as health of the mother, same thing. with advances in science and technology, there is -- health of the mother has become a tool for abortions any time under any reason. >> remarkable. but mr. walsh is not alone. you no doubt remember todd akin, he of the legitimate rape claim. or rick santorum who said pregnant rape victims should make the best of a bad situation. paul ryan, who co-sponsored 38 anti-abortion measures, including 10 with mr. akin this term. or gop mega donor foster freeze who once told our own andrea mitchell that contraception is as easy as an aspirin between the legs. of course, to compile mitt romney's many flip-flops on the issue requires not one binder, but his own wing of the entire library as you can see. joining us now from washington is karen finney, a columnist for "the hill" and an msnbc political analyst
joe walsh of illinois. it's his medical opinion that pregnancy can never harm the health of a woman. take a listen. >> there's no such exception of life of the mother. and as far as health of the mother, same thing. with advances in science and technology, there is -- health of the mother has become a tool for abortions any time under any reason. >> remarkable. but mr. walsh is not alone. you no doubt remember todd akin, he of the legitimate rape claim. or rick santorum who said...
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your thoughts. >> and a guy like joe walsh who won't even pay his child support. he won't take responsibility for the birth he's directly responsible for producing. chris has a great point, but birth control has become yet another part of the culture wars, and you have guys like walsh that have taken this hard and fast position which is anti-abortion. just to give statistics to mr. walsh in case he needs to be educated on them, maternal death still happens in this country. the united states is 39th in the world behind countries like greece and germany, albania has a better rate in terms of maternal death versus places like houston. specifically, especially in red states where you have got something like 16 deaths, maternal deaths per 100,000 birth according to a study in atlanta in 2010. this is still a very real problem and there are still very real women dying -- >> let's get off sex -- i want to get off sex for a minute and obviously reproductive rights. i want to say something about equal pay. why has governor romney refused to say as of this moment, friday af
your thoughts. >> and a guy like joe walsh who won't even pay his child support. he won't take responsibility for the birth he's directly responsible for producing. chris has a great point, but birth control has become yet another part of the culture wars, and you have guys like walsh that have taken this hard and fast position which is anti-abortion. just to give statistics to mr. walsh in case he needs to be educated on them, maternal death still happens in this country. the united...
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let me also point out that joe walsh recently made comments -- you don't work for joe walsh, but joe walsh also recently made comments which i would like to take a look at here. >> there's no such exception with modern technology and science you can't find one instance. there's no such exception as life of the mother, and as far as health of the mother, same thing. with advances in science and technology, there is -- health of the mother has been -- has become a tool for abortions any time under any reason. >> we've got representative joe walsh saying science and technology means you don't have to have a carve out for life and health of the mother. you have congressman akin saying that, in fact, women's bodies is sort of in the primitive way that can do this. i have to say, if i'm the obama campaign, i'm trying to tie the up ticket to the down ticket here. i'm trying to put mitt romney in a class with joe walsh and todd akin. >> mitt romney is absolutely in a class with them. when you look at -- and paul ryan as well. paul ryan co-sponsored the akin amendment to redefine rape, and he
let me also point out that joe walsh recently made comments -- you don't work for joe walsh, but joe walsh also recently made comments which i would like to take a look at here. >> there's no such exception with modern technology and science you can't find one instance. there's no such exception as life of the mother, and as far as health of the mother, same thing. with advances in science and technology, there is -- health of the mother has been -- has become a tool for abortions any...
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tea party candidate joe walsh during a debate with tammy duckworth saying no exception when it comes to abortion for life of a mother because of advances in science and technology. that's what he said. let's listen to exactly what those words were. >> there's no such exception as life of the mother, and as far as health of the mother, same thing. health of the mother has been -- has become a tool for abortions anytime under any reason. >> now, look at this, chip. you throw in todd akin and the comments made by him and the aftershocks from views like this. romney and obama looking at the women vote. for romney, will this continue to be a problem for him? how does he make his case it to overcome this? >> mitt romney talks about where he stands on abortion and being a pro-life candidate, and i'm not sure where congressman walsh was going on this. it made me scratch my head on this issue. at the end of the day, mitt romney has to be his own candidate and talk about the issues important to him. we know it's about jobs and economy. whether you're a man or woman, that's the number one issue
tea party candidate joe walsh during a debate with tammy duckworth saying no exception when it comes to abortion for life of a mother because of advances in science and technology. that's what he said. let's listen to exactly what those words were. >> there's no such exception as life of the mother, and as far as health of the mother, same thing. health of the mother has been -- has become a tool for abortions anytime under any reason. >> now, look at this, chip. you throw in todd...
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it's todd akin, joe walsh, a number of candidates who say women who ra raped should not have the choice to terminate the pregnancy. and there there are as many as 1.3 million rapes in this country. some 30,000 of those victims will become pregnant. >> now, does it bother you, then, given the extremism that is being represented, that he has put this moderate face on? does it worry you or get away with it? >> well, i hope the american people won't stop with that. he was holding olive branches in his hands and his position on women issues is truly unclear and with the gender gap being where it is right now, i think women need to scrutinize what he says and does and when he keeps flip-flopping like this, this is not someone who has integrity. >> nia-malika, when you look at the gender gap in swing states, it shows romney in major trouble. in ohio, the president leads by 15 point. in iowa, it's 19 points. in wisconsin, he leads by 18 point among women. a real gender gap and it appears that women understand that mr. romney has an extreme past on women's issues himself. let me show you some of
it's todd akin, joe walsh, a number of candidates who say women who ra raped should not have the choice to terminate the pregnancy. and there there are as many as 1.3 million rapes in this country. some 30,000 of those victims will become pregnant. >> now, does it bother you, then, given the extremism that is being represented, that he has put this moderate face on? does it worry you or get away with it? >> well, i hope the american people won't stop with that. he was holding olive...
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and just in the last ten days, there was joe walsh of illinois who after a debate with his democratic opponent had this to say. "the modern technology and science, you can't find one instance, there is no such exception as life of the mother and as far as health of the mother, the same thing. congratulations, ladies. thanks to modern technology and science, we are immortal. oh, and of course we can't forget richard candidate who said this. >> i believe life begins at exception. the only exception an abortion is in that case of the life of the mother. i just struggled with it myself for a long time, you but life is that gift from god and even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> we're all impressed with his struggle with that for a long time and i've already said what i've had to say with mr. mourdock. but this week, todd akin became a cautionary tale nuking his campaign by uttering the words legitimate rape, but let's and he not make it sound like these guys are the fringe of the republican party, but just less artic
and just in the last ten days, there was joe walsh of illinois who after a debate with his democratic opponent had this to say. "the modern technology and science, you can't find one instance, there is no such exception as life of the mother and as far as health of the mother, the same thing. congratulations, ladies. thanks to modern technology and science, we are immortal. oh, and of course we can't forget richard candidate who said this. >> i believe life begins at exception. the...